Apple has announced the new powerful Apple TV will be backed up by a huge app library from the developer community. They have announced many on stage today, and many more will be announced very shortly as the entire community gets onboard.
The new hardware is much more powerful than the previous generation. Coupled with an App Store, it creates a whole new opportunity for developers and all new user experiences for customers on the TV.
Here’s a complete gallery of all Apple TV apps announced so far:
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- Crossy Road
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- AirBNB
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- Activision
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- Guitar Hero
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- Rayman
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- Hulu
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- Netflix
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- Beat Sports
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- Gilt
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- MLB
All of the Apple TV presentation demos focused on the smooth 60 frames-per-second animations and video. At least on the demos, everything seemed really fast and snappy. Apple also seems to have got a lot of developers on board ahead of the announcement, with many big names like Netflix, MLB, Activision and other publishers on board.
Apple is also making it easy for you have to one app across your iPhone, iPad and Apple TV. Just one purchase, own the app on every device. iCloud will also sync progress across devices.
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Do I play Crossy Road on an Apple TV, or Metal Gear Solid V on my PS4. Tough choice.
Well at least we know what was obvious from the outset – Apple still have no interest in games.
Metal Gear Solid V: $55
Playstation 4: $400
Crossy Road: $0.00
Apple TV: $149
Sure Metal Gear Solid is awesome, but the Apple prices are pretty appealing and Crossy Road is fun for a couple weeks, then its on to the next freemium. There will be more graphics intensive games than Crossy Road, also.
Apple tends to evolve things. Out of the gate the Apple TV will probably be more PS3/360 than PS4/Xbox One – note that the iPad already runs games like BioShock, Dead Space, Xcom, Need for Speed, FIFA, Lego Star Wars, etc. and the iOS App store already has a number of games from Konami, Square Enix, Capcom, Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, and other AAA-list publishers and developers. The App Store also has tons of games (e.g. Geometry Wars 3) that are lousy with touch controls but which shine with a dedicated hardware controller.
I’d expect that future Apple TV revisions will start making Microsoft and Sony take notice. Even in the worst case, we’ll likely to be able to play some fun indy and mobile games on the Apple TV – I’d fine with retro/microconsole/indy favorites like TowerFall Ascension, Shovel Knight, Rogue Legacy, etc. mixed with the likes of Geometry Wars, Infinity Blade, Chaos Rings and Hearthstone.
Oh yeah, and anything from BioWare: KOTOR, Baldur’s Gate EE, IceWind Dale EE, etc.. Probably the biggest issue with non-casual games is the download space issue, but hopefully developers will figure out how to make it work.
As much as I like Guitar Hero, I’d really like to see Rocksmith on the Apple TV!